Quotes by Grumbling Wherever there is degeneration and apathy, there also is sexual perversion, cold depravity, miscarriage, premature old age, grumbling youth, there is a decline in the arts, indifference to science, and injustice in all its forms. Anton Chekhov grumbling miscarriage art Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy. Benjamin Franklin grumbling comfort complaining It's not a question of God 'sending' us to Hell. In each of us there is something growing up which will of itself be Hell unless it is nipped in the bud. C. S. Lewis grumbling bud growing-up Hell begins with a grumbling mood, always complaining, always blaming others. C. S. Lewis grumbling blame complaining What the Lord wants is that you shall go about the business to which He sets you, not asking for an easy post, nor grumbling at a hard one. Catherine Booth grumbling asking want Ordinary citizens are so accepting of what is going on, grumbling when their material interests were affected, but seemingly accepting the spiritual poverty so characteristic of today. Charles Handy grumbling spiritual ordinary Grumblers deserve to be operated upon surgically; their trouble is usually chronic. Douglas William Jerrold grumbling deserve trouble I believe in grumbling; it is the politest form of fighting known. E. W. Howe grumbling fighting believe It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare. Edmund Burke grumbling errors liberty I have always been a grumbler. I am designed for the part - sagging face, weighty underlip, rumbling, resonant voice. Money couldn't buy a better grumbling outfit. J. B. Priestley grumbling sagging voice He was kindhearted, in a way. You know the sort of kind heart: it made him uncomfortable more often than it made him do anything; and even when he did anything, it did not prevent him from grumbling, losing his temper and swearing (mostly to himself). J. R. R. Tolkien grumbling heart way Hope discovers what can be done instead of grumbling about what cannot. James Keller grumbling hopeful done Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet. Johann Kaspar Lavater grumbling laughter laughing You're so caught up in grumbling, complaining, and seeing what's wrong that you have no energy or time to appreciate what's good. Joyce Meyer grumbling appreciate energy When doubt comes against us, we have to lift up the shield of faith. We do this when we open our mouth and say what God's Word says, rather than grumbling and complaining about the problem. Joyce Meyer grumbling doubt complaining Cultivate these, then, for they are wholly within your power: sincerity and dignity; industriousness; and sobriety. Avoid grumbling, be frugal, considerate, and frank; be temperate in manner and speech; carry yourself with authority. Marcus Aurelius grumbling sobriety power Grumbling is the death of love Marlene Dietrich grumbling love Grumbling, as things are at present arranged in this world, does not always, nor I might say often, do good. Mary Louisa Molesworth grumbling complaining doe Those who grumble at the little thing that has fallen to their lot to do will grumble at everything. Always grumbling, they will lead a miserable life, and everything will be a failure. But those who do their duties as they go, putting their shoulders to the wheel, will see the light, and higher duties will fall to their share. Swami Vivekananda grumbling light fall People always get what they want. But there is a price for everything. Failures are either those who do not know what they want or are not prepared to pay the price asked them. The price varies from individual to individual. Some get things at bargain-sale prices, others only at famine prices. But it is no use grumbling. Whatever price you are asked, you must pay. W. H. Auden grumbling pay-the-price people 12»
